John smith



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J'. SMITH.

BEAD DDD DASH BOARDS 0F GARDIAGDS.

Patented Nov. 22

UNITED STATES PATENT @Errea JOHN SMITH, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOE TO THE CHAMPION DASH COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BEAD FOR DASH-BOARDS OF CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,801, dated November 22, 1881.

Application tiled July 25, 1881.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Frankliluand State ot' Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Binding Beads for Dash-Boards of Carriages,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for protecting the edges of vehicle dash-boards; and for this purpose I provide the dash with a tongued bead-edge or rim of sole-leather, india-rubber, gutta-percha, or any other hard material ,capable of heilig sewed and of receiving a polish, secured to the dash'leathers around the metallic frame by stitching.

Inthe accompanying drawings,F1gure l represents, in perspective, so much ot' a dashboard as illustrates my improvement of a soleleather bead-edge or trimming. Fig. 2 shows that portion of the sole-leather bead which is formed over the corner-of the dash-frame. Fig. 3 shows a portion of the sole-leather bead as produced with the tlange or tongue for the stitching; and Fig. 4, a cross-section ofthe dash-frame, showing the sole-leatherbead-edge or trimming secured thereto.

In the construction of the dash the leathers A are tirst marked to correspond with the frame B, and then trimmed, when the soleleather bead-edge C, which constitutes the invention, is-put in position with its tongue between the leathers, and there held by suitable cement while being sewed to the leathers. Then the frameisinserted and theinner stitching, d, completes the dash. To properly secure this sole-leather bead-edge by stitching, I make it with an integral flange or tougue,a, which, when the bead is in the position described and shown, is lapped by the edges b b of the leathers above the frame, and the said edges are stitched to the bead through and through said flange or tongue, as shown at c. The sewing being completed, the bead is finished off with polishing-irons, to give it the appearance of the dash-leathers.

It will be observed that the dash-iron is of the simplest form, the sole-leather bead preferably resting upon it, and that the leathers are stitched together inside and outside the frame, and that when stitchingthem on the out- (NO model.)

pable of receiving a polish and of being secured by stitching. I am also aware that this same construction of edging by a hard-leather bead might be advantageously used in other exposed leather edges in carriage-trimming.

The bead may be made by any suitable means to have a suitable tongue or ilange iutegral with it, to receive the stitching. It' made of gutta-percha, it may be molded.

The bead-edge or rim is preferably cylindrical in cross-section; but it may be of any suitable forin so long as the tongue or flange eX- teuds therefrom so as to be overlapped by the dash-leathers outside of the dash-frame, and is of a less thickness than that of said frame.

I have stated that the dash-leathers are secured to the tlange or tongue of the sole-leather bead-edge to hold them in position for being sewed, and it will be understood that the-leathers and the tongued binding-bead are thus sewed by maehine,.n`nishing the work quickly and with little labor. I have also stated that a biudervof other material than sole-leather may be used so long as it is capable of being secured by stitching, and it will be understood that such capacity for being stitched refers only to sewing in which the needle makes the hole for the thread through the stitched parts. Metal binders, solid,hollow7 and grooved,have been used for vehicle dash-boards. A metal binding bead, rod, or wire has also been used and secured to the dash-leathers by a set-in metal plate having formedholes to receive the stitching; but such binder, when formed with its perforated plate, can only be applied by IOO Moreover, such metal binding must be completed the same as the dash-framebeforeitcan be applied to the leathers. It must be made to conform in size and shape to the dash-frame to enable it to be used with such frame. It can only be stitched to the leathers by holding them in position upon the metallic perforated plate during the operation ot' stitching. In fact, this brass binder-is a metallic formed frame.

My sole-leather dash-bead gives the advantages of being sewed by machine; ot' being finished in appearance with the leathers; ot' being easily and quickly applied to dash frames of different sizes and shapes; of being glued t0 the leathers tov conne it in position with them for being sewed; of being cheap, desirable7 and durable. These things enter largely in the utility of the device, and constitute a substantive improvement in the use of one material over another. These things largely contribute to show that a sole-leather bead binding having provision for being stitched to the leathersis far in advance of a mere change of material.

Vitnesses:

HENRY J. OssrNG, GEO. E. ASHLEY. 

